Prize ring



E. M, MULLIN.

-Pnlzz RING. APPLICATION FILED AUGA, |921.

Patented NQV. 14, 1922I Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

Application .inea august 4,.i92 i.

To all lwhom 'it 'may concern?. z Be it known that I,EDW1N M.` lVIUnLiN, subject of the King' oi lGreat `lfritain, resid ingat Brooklyn, in the county ot Kings and State of New York, have invented: certain new and useful lu'iprowinents in Prize Rings, of which the followingiisa tullpclear, and exact specification.;VY

rlhis 'invention relates. to prize rings; for

to providev a square ring. or 'arena in which the ropes are supported .in such a way Athat it is impossible for the'contestants to tall against or come in contact with the supports :tor said ropes. f

The invention Wiii bees'iiefeimiaf (itscribed in connection With the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this speciiication, and then more speciiically definedl similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding' parts throughout the several views Figure l is a plan View o'lz a prize oi' boxing ring constructed substantially in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line ll- II of Figurel.

Figure 3 is a `detailed Iside 'View of a modi- 'ied form oi? post 'fastening means, and

Figure 4L is a plan View of the saine.

crete, wood, or any other suitable niateriah and may be. of the regulation diinensions,or

somewhat larger in order to support the posts at a distance from the crossiiigpoints Each post hase plurality ot passages termed thereing the same being preferably bored substantially at right angles to the sides ot the post so that said passages are use in'boxino contests and has for its rob'ect.

ybackend ortnnbetweeirthe posts7 illusy ytrated `in Fig.v 2,. the' otherv` end .portion `o?? v A further objectisto increase the yielding'l "dic'atedfat S in` Figure 21.1.@

The platform l may be constructed of clon-l wseriai `im.-esami'.

arrangedgat.an=.incliiielwheii'the post set in position, as best illustrated inwFigure- 'y 2. The inoutlis oi'thepassafes are. slightly flared and rounded?V as a Lprevent"cutting theV rope 5,' which passedl"baclr'zand 60 lforth vfrom:one post to the .other ot'` eacl" pair 'for iforiningthe barrier. at one lside o'r the ring. @ne vvond; .of Vtheaope;v 5 .i may' -be knotted at 6to secure it inione:otwthejpassages 3, andv said 'ropeniay theirbe 'passed said rope `being` securely fastenedto avcleat 7, 3 on the platforni'wl, orfotheiwise securely'if tened;- `Because oifvthe' inclination.' of the passages; the rope `has a bindingactionon" Y the ends orinouths {fsa-ici:passages which tends to clainpv` saidf. ropey vand A pi'ci'ontv-tlie i saine from' slipping. This is especiallytmc, Whore the rope-is ioopedl"tliiroiig'h,two@ad 75 jacent passages E,?1tlierebeing our 4bearing n points 'for fthe-ropes. at these .'places, "asin- Each pair lof-posts., fitorffsupportingi ropebarrier at each lside of the ring', isar' ranged inline with its ropebarrier, although theyare inclinedl in oppositel directions transl 4versely thereto'. As a result ot' this arrange'- nient, lthe rope `barriers at each Aside ofthe". ring cross one another at 9 zto 'forni the` corners ofthering, said crossingpoints-be--v inter spacedr a considerable vdistance' Jfrom the f adjacent posts,`so lthat it isiinpossible for a contestant to `corne in contactwithy said posts, even though heshould orciblyjcoine in con-l tact with the ropes atA their?crossingv points. Moreover, owing to vthe extension of the ropes 'beyondthe cornei'soi'f the ring, they areadapted to'yield, as` indicated "in dotted lines at thorighthand upper corner otllig'# uref so asl to cushion any Contact of. acoii` y testant therewith at their lcrossing points.

Asill ustra'ted vin ylirures and 4t', the vposts y, f' 2 may be fastened tothefouter faces `of lthe' platformy l, vin* any lsuitable manner instead of havino ytheir lowerV "ends `enfibeddedin said platiorin. Brackets 10 may be secured t to the sides of the platform by.v bolts ori,H screws. l1, said bracketsI having upper'and lower ari'ns'land 13 provided with openings 105 14 and` 15,'. respectively, in which the ,posts areseated. y. lThe openings land 15 are ar; ranged kout of vertical alignment so that the posts are supportedtherebyf in 'inclined position. `Vhenthe,ropesj 'aredrawn taut7 their@ sus.l 7

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posts are caused to bear forcibly aga-inst the ends of said openings and are thereby clamped firmly in place.

Iclaim:

l.v rLhe combination, with aplatforrn, of ropes extending substantially'parallel to the sides of said platform and crossing one another adjacent the corners thereof, and posts secured to the platform for supporting said ropes and spaced-away from the crossing; points of the latter for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a platform, of

ropes extendin substantially parallelto the sides of said p atform and crossing` one another adJacent the corners thereof, and posts secured to the platform for supportingsaid ropes, said posts being'inclined away from the crossing` points ofthe ropes for the purpose specified.

3. The combina-tion with a platform, `of

`pairs of posts secured to said platform near each corner thereof, and ropes extei'id'mgbetweenv posts at adjacent corners to form barriers at the sides of the platform, said ropes crossing one another to form the cor ners of the barrier and the crossing points of the ropes being spaced from the `adjacent posts for the purpose specified.

Li. The combination, with a platform, of pairs of posts secured to said platform near each. corner thereof, .and ropes .extending` between posts at adjacent 'corners to form barriers at the sides of the platform, said ropes crossing one another to form the corners of the barrier, and said posts being in,- clined away from the adjacent crossing points of the ropes for the purpose specied.

5. The combination, with a post having inclined passages therein, or a flexible barrier passed through said passages and extending horizontally from the post, whereby the mouths of said passages have a clamping action upon-the barrier.

6. The combination with a post havinginclined passages therein, of a flexible barrier looped through said passages and extending` horizontally from the post, whereby the mouths of said passages have auclamping-4 means for pressing said postsinto engagel ment with the ends of said perforations.

In testimony lwhereof yl have si gned my nameto this specification.

, EDVVN M. MULLIN. 

